Šob, Legut, and Friák Reply: Reply to the Comment on Why is Polonium Simple Cubic and So Highly Anisotropic?

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ŠOB Mojmír LEGUT Dominik FRIÁK Martin

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Physical Review Letters
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Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.079702
Field Solid matter physics and magnetism
Keywords ab initio calculations; polonium;structural stability
Description A Reply to the Comment by Kyoo Kim, Hong Chul Choi, and B.I. Min (PRL 102 (2009) 079701). The comment confirms our result that within the LDA (which describes the energetics of Po better than GGA), both calculations with and without the SO interaction give the simple cubic (sc) structure of alpha-Po as the most stable. Hence, the SO interaction cannot be regarded as providing the stabilization of the sc structure in alpha-Po. On the other hand, the mass-velocity and Darwin terms do stabilize the sc structure in alpha-Po and the comment of Kim, Hong and Min does not disprove this conclusion.
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